Disney earned $1.38 billion, or 77 cents a share, in the first quarter, down from year-earlier earnings of $1.46 billion, or 80 cents a share.

Adjusted earnings in the quarter were 79 cents a share, topping the Wall Street estimate of 76 cents a share.

Disney said programming and production costs at its ESPN network rose during the quarter.

Disney CEO Robert Iger, during a conference call Tuesday, said the entertainment giant was "confident about the year ahead, as well as our ability to create continued long-term growth."

5. -- Zynga ( ZNGA) topped Wall Street's estimates on Tuesday, posting profit of 1 cent a share on fourth-quarter revenue of $311.1 million. Analysts were looking for a loss of 3 cents a share on sales of $212.1 million.

For the full year, Zynga reported sales of $1.28 billion, up 12% from a year earlier, as daily active users (DAUs) increased to 56 million in the fourth quarter from a year-earlier 54 million. DAUs decreased 6% sequentially from the third quarter to the fourth quarter.

For the first quarter of 2013, Zynga said it expects revenue of $255 million to $265 million, and a loss off 2 cents to 4 cents a share.

7. -- Nasdaq OMX ( NDAQ) is in preliminary talks with the Securities and Exchange Commission over a potential settlement related to its botched handling of Facebook's ( FB) initial public offering, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people with knowledge of the discussions.

8. -- Royal Bank of Scotland ( RBS) is expected to pay a fine of about 400 million pounds ($627 million) for its role in the global interest-rate rigging scandal, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the situation.

9. -- Time Warner ( TWX), which owns networks CNN and HBO and the New Line Cinema and Warner Brothers movie studios, is expected by analysts Wednesday to post fourth-quarter earnings of $1.10 a share on revenue of $8.25 billion.

10. -- Hasbro ( HAS) is scheduled to announce the new token lineup for the classic Monopoly game on Wednesday, after fans voted to add a new token to replace the shoe, wheelbarrow or iron.